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Pre-School Children Fastest Growing Group Given Antidepressants

A study highlighted in the April 2, 2004 issue of Psychiatric Services reports that pre-school children are the fastest growing group of people in the United States being given anti-depressants.

The study covered the period between 1998 and 2002. By examining the insurance records of a random sample of 2 million children researchers found that among children under the age of 5, the number of boys prescribed antidepressants increased by 64% and the number of girls went up by 100%.

On March 22, 2004 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that patients taking antidepressants, including children and teenagers, should be very closely monitored for increasing hostility, anxiety, insomnia and other behaviors that may be signs of deepening depression and suicidal thoughts.

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